Counties in Texas by black or African American population share

Jefferson County had the highest black or African American population share of 254 counties in 2022, at 33.1%. Terrell County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 3.8% and the figure for Texas was 11.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest33.1Jefferson County
Median3.8254 counties
Texas11.8History

Top 40 counties, 2022

CSVChart (SVG)

Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 33.1 %33.1Bowie CountyBowie County: 25.1 %25.1Waller CountyWaller County: 24.5 %24.5Houston CountyHouston County: 23.8 %23.8San Augustine CountySan Augustine County: 22.3 %22.3Dallas CountyDallas County: 22.2 %22.2Morris CountyMorris County: 22.2 %22.2Marion CountyMarion County: 21.9 %21.9Bell CountyBell County: 21.7 %21.7Walker CountyWalker County: 21.6 %21.6Harrison CountyHarrison County: 20.6 %20.6Falls CountyFalls County: 20.1 %20.1Fort Bend CountyFort Bend County: 20 %20Robertson CountyRobertson County: 19.9 %19.9Gregg CountyGregg County: 19.2 %19.2Anderson CountyAnderson County: 18.7 %18.7Harris CountyHarris County: 18.5 %18.5Newton CountyNewton County: 18.4 %18.4Washington CountyWashington County: 18 %18Nacogdoches CountyNacogdoches County: 17.3 %17.3Smith CountySmith County: 16.9 %16.9Tarrant CountyTarrant County: 16.9 %16.9Limestone CountyLimestone County: 16.8 %16.8Shelby CountyShelby County: 16.1 %16.1Madison CountyMadison County: 15.9 %15.9Red River CountyRed River County: 15.6 %15.6Rusk CountyRusk County: 15.6 %15.6Jasper CountyJasper County: 15.2 %15.2Cass CountyCass County: 15 %15Kaufman CountyKaufman County: 15 %15Brazoria CountyBrazoria County: 15 %15Freestone CountyFreestone County: 15 %15Camp CountyCamp County: 14.3 %14.3McLennan CountyMcLennan County: 13.6 %13.6Cherokee CountyCherokee County: 13.1 %13.1Lamar CountyLamar County: 12.6 %12.6Angelina CountyAngelina County: 12.6 %12.6Coryell CountyCoryell County: 12.6 %12.6Panola CountyPanola County: 12.6 %12.6Ellis CountyEllis County: 12.5 %12.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Jefferson County33.1-0.2 pts
2Bowie County25.1+0.2 pts
3Waller County24.5+1.1 pts
4Houston County23.8-0.5 pts
5San Augustine County22.3-0.1 pts
6Dallas County22.20 pts
6Morris County22.2+0.1 pts
8Marion County21.9-0.6 pts
9Bell County21.7+0.2 pts
10Walker County21.6-0.9 pts
11Harrison County20.6+0.6 pts
12Falls County20.1-1.9 pts
13Fort Bend County20+0.1 pts
14Robertson County19.90 pts
15Gregg County19.2-0.1 pts
16Anderson County18.7-1.7 pts
17Harris County18.5-0 pts
18Newton County18.4-2.1 pts
19Washington County18+1.1 pts
20Nacogdoches County17.3-0.4 pts
21Smith County16.90 pts
21Tarrant County16.9+0.3 pts
23Limestone County16.8+0.2 pts
24Shelby County16.1-2.4 pts
25Madison County15.9-0.1 pts
26Red River County15.6+0.9 pts
27Rusk County15.6-0.8 pts
28Jasper County15.2-0.3 pts
29Cass County15-2.1 pts
29Kaufman County15+1.6 pts
31Brazoria County15+0.3 pts
31Freestone County15+0.2 pts
33Camp County14.3-0.8 pts
34McLennan County13.6-0.3 pts
35Cherokee County13.1-0.6 pts
36Lamar County12.6-0.8 pts
37Angelina County12.6-1.1 pts
38Coryell County12.6-0.6 pts
39Panola County12.6-0.6 pts
40Ellis County12.5+1.3 pts
41Wharton County12.2-0.3 pts
42Burleson County12.1-0.9 pts
43Galveston County120 pts
44Colorado County11.9-0.3 pts
45Grimes County11.7-2.8 pts
46Navarro County11.3+0.1 pts
47Tyler County10.6+0.3 pts
48Jones County10.5-1.2 pts
49Lee County10.4-0.5 pts
50Brazos County10.4-0.3 pts
51Collin County10.3+0.3 pts
52Denton County10.2+0.2 pts
53Potter County10-0 pts
54Wichita County9.9-0.3 pts
55Matagorda County9.7-0.2 pts
56Titus County9.50 pts
57Garza County9.3+1.9 pts
58Milam County9.2+0.5 pts
59San Jacinto County8.9-0.4 pts
60Delta County8.8+0.3 pts
61Austin County8.6+0.1 pts
62Orange County8.6-0.1 pts
63Trinity County8.4-0.1 pts
64Liberty County8.4-0.5 pts
65Mitchell County8.1+1.7 pts
66Polk County8-0.9 pts
67Travis County7.90 pts
68Swisher County7.9-0.1 pts
69DeWitt County7.8-0.3 pts
70Dawson County7.7-0.5 pts
71Taylor County7.6+0.3 pts
72Hunt County7.6+0.3 pts
73Guadalupe County7.5-0.3 pts
74Rockwall County7.5+0.4 pts
75Upshur County7.5-0.6 pts
76Leon County7.4+1.3 pts
77Hartley County7.4-0.4 pts
78Hopkins County7.3+0.4 pts
79Wilbarger County7.2-0.1 pts
80Chambers County7.1-0.5 pts
81Childress County7.1-1.7 pts
82Bexar County70 pts
83Collingsworth County6.8-2.2 pts
83Oldham County6.8+2.2 pts
85Cottle County6.6-0.5 pts
86Donley County6.6-0.2 pts
87Hall County6.5+0.9 pts
88Lubbock County6.5-0.1 pts
89Williamson County6.5+0.2 pts
90Refugio County6.5-0.1 pts
91Karnes County6.3+0.9 pts
92Bee County6.3-0.5 pts
93Bastrop County6.2-0.6 pts
94Midland County6.10 pts
95Gonzales County6.1-0.5 pts
96Fannin County6+0.2 pts
97Hill County60 pts
98Fayette County6-0.2 pts
99Haskell County5.8+0.5 pts
100Hardin County5.70 pts
101Jackson County5.7-1.3 pts
102Henderson County5.6-0.3 pts
103Howard County5.5+0.3 pts
104Montgomery County5.3+0.1 pts
105Grayson County5.3-0.1 pts
106Victoria County5.3-0.3 pts
107Cochran County5.3+0.3 pts
108Ward County5.2+2.1 pts
109Lavaca County5.1-0.6 pts
110Sabine County5-0.5 pts
111Knox County4.7-0.1 pts
112Franklin County4.5-0.3 pts
113Gray County4.5-0.4 pts
114Goliad County4.5+0.1 pts
115Nolan County4.5-0.1 pts
116Ector County4.5-0.1 pts
117Caldwell County4.4-0.5 pts
118Johnson County4.30 pts
119Moore County4.2+0.3 pts
120Terry County4.2+2.2 pts
121Concho County4.2+2.3 pts
122Briscoe County4.2+1.7 pts
123Frio County4.1+0.5 pts
124Lampasas County4+0.6 pts
125Wood County4-0.7 pts
126Hale County3.9-0.4 pts
127Winkler County3.9+2.7 pts
128Jack County3.8-0.4 pts
128Pecos County3.8+0.5 pts
130Scurry County3.6-0.6 pts
131Tom Green County3.6-0.2 pts
132Hays County3.5-0.1 pts
133Nueces County3.5-0 pts
134La Salle County3.3+1.2 pts
135Brown County3.3-0.1 pts
136Lamb County3.3+0.1 pts
137Hardeman County3.3+2 pts
138Coleman County3.2+0.6 pts
139Cooke County3.2+0.4 pts
140Fisher County3.1+1 pts
141Runnels County3+0.3 pts
142Kleberg County2.9-0.1 pts
143El Paso County2.9-0 pts
143Stephens County2.9-0.4 pts
145Randall County2.8-0.1 pts
146Van Zandt County2.8-0.1 pts
147Hockley County2.7-0.6 pts
147Rains County2.7-0.2 pts
147Wheeler County2.7+0.8 pts
150Crosby County2.6-0.3 pts
150Floyd County2.6-0.2 pts
152Palo Pinto County2.6+0.1 pts
153Live Oak County2.5+0.2 pts
154Medina County2.4-0 pts
155Eastland County2.3+0.2 pts
156Hutchinson County2.3+0.1 pts
157Calhoun County2.3+0.1 pts
158Andrews County2.3+0.1 pts
159Comal County2.2-0 pts
160Upton County2.2-1.6 pts
161Reagan County2.1-0 pts
162Motley County2+0.9 pts
163Somervell County2-0.1 pts
164Dickens County1.9-0.2 pts
165Bosque County1.9+0.2 pts
166San Saba County1.6-0.1 pts
167Schleicher County1.6+0.4 pts
168Kerr County1.6+0.2 pts
169Coke County1.6+0.5 pts
169Yoakum County1.6+0.2 pts
171Wilson County1.5+0.1 pts
172Crane County1.5+0.2 pts
173Baylor County1.5-2 pts
174Borden County1.5+1.5 pts
175Young County1.5+0.2 pts
176Castro County1.4+0.3 pts
176Kimble County1.4+0.5 pts
178San Patricio County1.4-0.4 pts
179Erath County1.4-0 pts
180Deaf Smith County1.4+0.6 pts
180Parker County1.4-0.1 pts
182Lynn County1.4+0.4 pts
183Burnet County1.3-0.1 pts
184Jeff Davis County1.3-0.5 pts
184Real County1.3-0.1 pts
186Martin County1.3+0.7 pts
186Wise County1.30 pts
188Callahan County1.2+0.2 pts
188Carson County1.2+0.2 pts
190Val Verde County1.20 pts
191Gaines County1.1-0.2 pts
192Edwards County1+0.9 pts
193Hood County10 pts
194Atascosa County1+0.6 pts
195Hamilton County1+0.7 pts
196Kent County0.9-0.2 pts
197Bandera County0.9-0.1 pts
198Willacy County0.9+0.3 pts
199Duval County0.9-0.1 pts
199McCulloch County0.9-0.1 pts
201Aransas County0.8+0.7 pts
201Armstrong County0.8+0.2 pts
203Montague County0.8+0.1 pts
204Reeves County0.8+0.1 pts
205Hudspeth County0.7-0.3 pts
205Zavala County0.7+0.3 pts
207Kendall County0.7+0.4 pts
208Parmer County0.7-0.3 pts
209Mills County0.7+0.1 pts
209Shackelford County0.7+0.5 pts
211Brooks County0.6+0.5 pts
212Llano County0.60 pts
213Dimmit County0.6+0.4 pts
214Jim Wells County0.6-0.1 pts
215Archer County0.5+0.1 pts
216Hidalgo County0.50 pts
217Stonewall County0.5-0.5 pts
218Comanche County0.4-0 pts
219Cameron County0.40 pts
220Lipscomb County0.4-0.7 pts
220Roberts County0.4+0.4 pts
222Crockett County0.4-1.2 pts
222Webb County0.40 pts
224Uvalde County0.4-0 pts
225Brewster County0.3+0.1 pts
226Hemphill County0.3+0.1 pts
227Foard County0.3+0.2 pts
228Clay County0.3-0.1 pts
229Bailey County0.20 pts
230Hansford County0.20 pts
230Throckmorton County0.2-0.1 pts
232Blanco County0.2+0.2 pts
233Culberson County0.20 pts
234Sherman County0.2+0.1 pts
235Sutton County0.20 pts
236Maverick County0.1-0.3 pts
236Sterling County0.10 pts
238Gillespie County0.1+0.1 pts
239Zapata County0.1+0.1 pts
240Jim Hogg County0.10 pts
240Mason County0.1+0.1 pts
242Dallam County0.10 pts
243Menard County0.10 pts
243Starr County0.10 pts
245Ochiltree County0-0 pts
246Glasscock County00 pts
246Irion County0-5.5 pts
246Kenedy County00 pts
246King County00 pts
246Kinney County00 pts

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About this ranking

People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US federal statistics ask about Hispanic origin and race separately, and Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race. The shares for White, Black and Asian count people who are not Hispanic and report that race alone, so the published shares do not add up to 100 (people of two or more races and other races are not shown). Calculated from counts in ACS table B03002, which are stored as inputs. EU and Spanish statistics do not collect race.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest black or African American population share?

Jefferson County, with 33.1% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest black or African American population share?

Terrell County, with 0% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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